The German dictatorship under Adolf Hitler was indeed created by a Nazi seizure of power – an opportunity arising out of the failure of the conservatives in power to fill the political vacuum after the fall of conventional Weimar democracy. As President of the Reichstag and ruling under Presidential decree, Paul von Hindenburg was charged with maintaining political stability in Germany. Even if democracy was replaced with rightist authoritarian rule, Germany required reason to prevail and ensure a prosperous emergence from the Great Depression. The inability of Hindenburg and those under his control to adequately rectify the lack of political leadership was the decisive factor in Hitler's Nazi's rising to prominence. Until 1934, the Nazi's claim to power was still questionable, but the passivity of Hindenburg allowed for the Nazi's seizure of power upon his death on 2nd August 1934.

The appointment of Hindenburg as President following the collapse of Weimar in the 1930 elections......

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Title: Consolidation Of Power By Nazi's
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